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Practical thinking on business software.

Plain-English notes on software decisions, delivery and technical leadership.

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Cloud hosting

8 Mar 2025

9 Benefits of AWS Cloud, and What You Still Need to Manage

See nine AWS cloud benefits, from flexible capacity and managed services to resilience and cost visibility, plus the responsibilities your team still owns.

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Database software

1 Mar 2025

MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Which Database Fits Your Business Application?

Compare MySQL and PostgreSQL across data modelling, JSON, indexing, concurrency, operations and migration before choosing a database.

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Delivery

19 Feb 2025

Why delivery slows down as companies grow

The hidden reasons roadmaps drift, releases slow and teams lose momentum as systems and decisions become more complex.

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Legacy software

6 Feb 2025

Should You Be Worried About Your Legacy Software?

Learn when legacy software is safely maintained, drifting into risk or needs urgent action by checking ownership, support, recovery and safe change.

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Payment systems

20 Jan 2025

What Are Merchant Services? A Business Guide to Taking Payments

Understand merchant services, payment processing, fees, settlement, refunds, disputes, security and system integration for a UK business.

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Technology roadmap

15 Nov 2024

How to turn vague business goals into a technical roadmap

A practical note on turning unclear commercial goals into sensible technology decisions and delivery priorities.

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Laravel and AI

20 Oct 2024

Laravel Boost 2.6: Better Testing Guidance for AI Coding Agents

Learn how Laravel Boost 2.6 improves AI-assisted testing, makes database inspection safer and what developers should still review before trusting generated tests.

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Legacy software

13 Oct 2024

Legacy Application Support UK: What a Safe Takeover Should Include

See what UK legacy application support should cover, from access, hosting and recovery to dependencies, monitoring and controlled modernisation.

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Legacy software

26 Sep 2024

Legacy Application Support: How to Take Control of Ageing Software

How to take ownership of ageing business software before choosing continued support, modernisation or replacement.

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API integration

24 Sep 2024

VoIP Integration: How to Connect Calls with CRM and Support

Learn how to connect VoIP calls with CRM, support and job systems using reliable matching, call events, recovery and privacy controls.

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AI automation

26 Aug 2024

OpenClaw on a Mac mini: What You Are Really Buying

Thinking about running OpenClaw on a Mac mini? Separate the host, AI model, permissions, running costs and useful business workflow before buying hardware.

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Software careers

5 Aug 2024

What Do You Need to Become a Software Engineer?

What UK software engineers need to learn about coding, problem solving, testing, communication and gaining credible project experience.